Toward an Understanding of Gender Differences in Written Business Communications: A Suggested Perspective for Future Research.

Tebeaux, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ402254

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Publication Date: 1990

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Toward an Understanding of Gender Differences in Written Business Communications: A Suggested Perspective for Future Research.

Tebeaux, Elizabeth

Journal of Business and Technical Communication, v4 n1 p25-43 Jan 1990

Finds that experience and education can produce extensive changes in the style and content of men's and women's writing, eliminate the dominance of gender-based writing characteristics, and help students develop a variety of styles. Suggests that instruction can help students develop varied, androgynous styles important for job-related communications. (KEH)

Descriptors: Business Communication, Case Studies, College Students, Communication Research, Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Sex Differences, Student Writing Models, Technical Writing, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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